Re: Cook & Salt - Crockpot cooking

[Guest guest]

gee - mine's a cheap Wal-mart one made in China. I use it most every day.

sigh

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> Crock pot cooking is wonderful, but do check to make sure your CROCKPOT is

> LEAD FREE! Many on the market are not. Google your brand to see if yours is

> full of lead-all of mine were, so I pitched them and got a glass one that

> is lead free. Who would think something we cook all day in would be allowed

> to contain lead? sigh.......

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> > Carolyn,

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> > There are plenty of healthy crockpot recipes around that do not used the

> canned soups (which I don't use) or extra salt. I use Mrs. Dash in

> seasoning my foods and I use the Crockpot regularly even in the summer. I

> even make up my own recipes, putting anything in the fridge that sounds

> good into it.

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> > I would Google Healthy Crockpot cooking and I think there's even a

> Facebook page for healthy crockpot cooking. There are virtually *always*

> healthy alternatives to the less than healthy food options available to us.

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> > Thea, who is currently eating a crockpot soup of her own concoction!

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> > From: sproutpeople [mailto:sproutpeople ]

> On Behalf Of Carolyn Wilkerson

> > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 1:18 PM

> > To: sproutpeople

> > Subject: Re: Cook & Salt

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> > I could see that by switching to sea salt that iodine might be missing

> as they added that to table salt. I suppose we could eat cold water fish

> and make up for that. Is there anything in sprouts or a certain kind that

> provides iodine in the diet to avoid goiter problems?

> >

> > I don't know anything else that requires salt. I have cut that way back

> too. I don't use the crock pot much as most of the hundreds of crock pot

> recipes I've seen have lots of salt in them or they take soup to add and

> that is full of salt.

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> > I wish your son well and hope that can be cured in the near future.

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> > ,_._,___

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[Guest guest]

Up in the mountains where I live I don't' get into a city too often.

Once every 3 or 4 months I get into Santa Fe and can go to the Bed Bath and

Beyond. It's next to Natural Grocers which is always a mandatory stop.

I'll look in there next time for a better crock pot.

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> I had several different sizes, mostly walmart cheapies too, and two high

> end ones-all tested positive for lead, so I binned them...along with OH, so

> many other wonderful gadgets that adversely effect our health! Sucks to

> cook something healthy, only to find the pot you cooked it in poisoned it!

> GRRRRRRRR

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> > > >

> > > > Carolyn,

> > > >

> > > > There are plenty of healthy crockpot recipes around that do not used

> the

> > > canned soups (which I don't use) or extra salt. I use Mrs. Dash in

> > > seasoning my foods and I use the Crockpot regularly even in the

> summer. I

> > > even make up my own recipes, putting anything in the fridge that sounds

> > > good into it.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > I would Google Healthy Crockpot cooking and I think there's even a

> > > Facebook page for healthy crockpot cooking. There are virtually

> *always*

> > > healthy alternatives to the less than healthy food options available

> to us.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Thea, who is currently eating a crockpot soup of her own concoction!

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > From: sproutpeople [mailto:

> sproutpeople ]

> > > On Behalf Of Carolyn Wilkerson

> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 1:18 PM

> > > > To: sproutpeople

> > > > Subject: Re: Cook & Salt

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > I could see that by switching to sea salt that iodine might be

> missing

> > > as they added that to table salt. I suppose we could eat cold water

> fish

> > > and make up for that. Is there anything in sprouts or a certain kind

> that

> > > provides iodine in the diet to avoid goiter problems?

> > > >

> > > > I don't know anything else that requires salt. I have cut that way

> back

> > > too. I don't use the crock pot much as most of the hundreds of crock

> pot

> > > recipes I've seen have lots of salt in them or they take soup to add

> and

> > > that is full of salt.

> > > >

> > > > I wish your son well and hope that can be cured in the near future.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > ,_._,___

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

[Guest guest]

Argh, - is there a site where we can see who makes the safer ones or

perhaps just Google lead-free crockpots? I'm concerned now too as I use

my cp regularly and I probably have five of them.

Boy, is there no way to escape all the toxicities, and general bad stuff

anymore (especially without paying an arm and a leg for it)? Even in

exercising care, it's difficult to ban every bit of it, it seems. Makes you

feel like you need to pick and choose the most harmful - start with

eliminating that and work your way down to the least harmful!

Thea

From: sproutpeople [mailto:sproutpeople ] On

Behalf Of

Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 3:23 PM

To: sproutpeople

Subject: Re: Cook & Salt - Crockpot cooking

I had several different sizes, mostly walmart cheapies too, and two high end

ones-all tested positive for lead, so I binned them...along with OH, so many

other wonderful gadgets that adversely effect our health! Sucks to cook

something healthy, only to find the pot you cooked it in poisoned it!

GRRRRRRRR

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[Guest guest]

Yes, it is very sad indeed. Was a real wake up call for me when I realized that

not only my food, but what I was cooking it in and with was what was keeping me

sick! Non stick coatings, lead, silicone, dyes, sprays, bahhhhhh. I threw out

literally thousands of dollars worth of cookware, then had to scramble to find

suitable replacements...and the jury is still out on what IS safe! It killed me

to get rid of my lovely pots, pans, silicone bakeware, appliances, and other

gadgets I had used for years, but not worth the ristks to my health...espeically

with my allergies and sensitivities! Fortunately, culling it all paid off and I

got better! I don't know of a specific website that lists the lead crockpots,

but if you google it, tons of info is out there. You can also get home test

kits, which is what I did.ALL of mine tested positive for lead! bahhhhhhhhhhh!

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> Argh, - is there a site where we can see who makes the safer ones or

> perhaps just Google lead-free crockpots? I'm concerned now too as I use

> my cp regularly and I probably have five of them.

>

>

>

> Boy, is there no way to escape all the toxicities, and general bad stuff

> anymore (especially without paying an arm and a leg for it)? Even in

> exercising care, it's difficult to ban every bit of it, it seems. Makes you

> feel like you need to pick and choose the most harmful - start with

> eliminating that and work your way down to the least harmful!

>

>

>

> Thea

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> From: sproutpeople [mailto:sproutpeople ] On

> Behalf Of

> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 3:23 PM

> To: sproutpeople

> Subject: Re: Cook & Salt - Crockpot cooking

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> I had several different sizes, mostly walmart cheapies too, and two high end

> ones-all tested positive for lead, so I binned them...along with OH, so many

> other wonderful gadgets that adversely effect our health! Sucks to cook

> something healthy, only to find the pot you cooked it in poisoned it!

> GRRRRRRRR

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